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What effect did the Declaration of Independence have on slavery in the late

1700s?
A. It helped some Americans realize that slavery was not fair.
B. It made the slave trade illegal in the United States.
C. It created support for British laws that abolished slavery.
D. It created laws to ban slavery in the North.
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Though the Revolution did not lead to abolition of slavery, it set off a process of both ... (2) In 1777, Vermont created a new state constitution that outlawed slavery ... In 1782, near the end of the Revolution, the Virginia Assembly passed a law ... to the African slave trade and some masters in the region revoked their offers

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Answer:

A

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I took the test and got it wrong but it said this was right

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